btfc - Day 50 of 84 - Everything is great except...
I've got to find a way to lose some weight. In the past unsuccessfully I've tried CKD, IF and calorie counting. All these methods I still believe could work for me but for whatever reason I quit before I saw any success. Not to say I didn't give them a fair shake though. There are many variations of these so perhaps I did them incorrectly. I actually enjoyed both CKD & IF and will probably give them a try again. As I've said before I have been consistantly in the gym for 2 years and I haven't lost a pound. My composition is more muscular but of course - I lift heavy. It's what I enjoy.
Next, I'm going to try Lyle McDonald's PSMF diet a try. PSMF is essentially a ketogenic diet without the dietary fat. The caloric intake is really low and that worries me. Between 500-800 will mean that I will need to significantly reduce my strength training. I'm going to go from 7 sessions every 2 weeks to 4 sessions every 2 weeks. That's going to be difficult becaust I love to lift. We'll see what happens?
Oh, I found out my gym YMCA of Honolulu offers Escrima classes. It's not at the location I usually go, but thats easy for me to accomidate. This is big news for me. I was researching all the different schools, and styles only to find out I can get started for free. HellYeah!
Below was my workout from yesterday September 27th. I have almost completely blended Madcow 5x5 into my former SL 5x5 program. The only stronglift I am still doing is the deadlift. It might end soon, but my lifts are still moving up. Squats from yesterday are considered a light day. I honestly felt like I was cheating myself, but remembering just a little over a week ago I felt I was WAY overworked by squats using stronglfts, I just have to accept the less workload. It'll get tougher soon especially when I start PSMF next week. I hope this works!
momona earned 1142 points for:
- Elliptical Trainer:
- 0:06:00 || 0.45 mi (+9 pts)
- w/u
- Barbell Squat:
- 185 lb x 5 reps (+64 pts)
- 230 lb x 5 reps (+80 pts)
- 275 lb x 5 reps (+96 pts)
- 275 lb x 5 reps (+96 pts)
- light day 4 squats.
- Barbell Bench Press:
- 140 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 170 lb x 5 reps (+59 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+71 pts)
- 240 lb x 5 reps (+84 pts)
- 275 lb x 5 reps (+96 pts)
- 315 lb x 1 reps (+97 pts)
- 330 lb x 1 reps (+102 pts)
- It seems that I'm only ready to lift heavy after the 6th set. I could of repped 330 at least 2-3x.
- Pendlay Row:
- 95 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 115 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 135 lb x 5 reps (+47 pts)
- 160 lb x 5 reps (+56 pts)
- 180 lb x 5 reps (+63 pts)
- Too low starting weight but i'll stick it out. I really dislike rows but Pendlays are better than the rest I guess.